XR Industry News

The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.

XR Industry News

The latest news on the XR industry. Covering AR, VR, MR, spatial computing, and the most important companies and platforms in the field.

Samsung’s Android XR Headset Will Have First-party Motion Controllers & Support PC VR Streaming

Samsung isn't sharing a lot of details on its newly announced Android XR headset, but it has confirmed two key things that existing VR enthusiasts and developers are sure to be happy about. Samsung's 'Project Moohan' headset will be the...

Hands-on: Samsung‘s Android XR Headset is a Curious Combo of Quest & Vision Pro, With One...

Samsung is the first partner to formally announce a new MR headset based on the newly announced Android XR. The device, codenamed "Project Moohan," is planned for consumer release in 2025. We went hands on with an early version. Note:...

Google Announces Android XR Operating System Alongside Samsung MR Headset

Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing platform, and hopes to establish its own...

Unity Promises Day-one Support for Android XR, Including Easy Ports for Existing Quest Content

Meta Quest developers looking to port their Unity-based apps to Google's newly unveiled Android XR operating system shouldn't have a tough time of it, Unity says, as the game engine creator today released all of the tools devs need...

PSVR 2 Sale is Still Going Strong After 20x Spike in Black Friday Sales Volume

Black Friday brought the best PSVR 2 sale we’ve seen yet, and even though Black Friday is gone, Sony has kept the sale rolling. You can still get the PSVR 2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle for just $350, a...

How ‘Gorilla Tag’ Became a $100 Million VR Success on Quest

1 in 3 Quest owners have downloaded Gorilla Tag, making it the most successful game ever on standalone VR. Gorilla Tag, created by studio Another Axiom, has emerged as a standout success in the virtual reality gaming space, not...

Roto VR Raises $3M to Broaden Market Reach of Rotating VR Chair Accessory

Roto VR, the UK-based creator behind 360-degree VR chairs, announced a new funding round of £2.4 million (~$3 million) which the company says will be used to fulfill demand of its recently launched Roto VR Explorer chair. Led by Pembroke...

Meta Announces Multi-year Exclusive Agreement for Spatial Content with James Cameron’s 3D Studio

Meta announced it's partnering with Lightstorm Vision, James Cameron's 3D film studio, to produce spatial content across multiple genres, including live events and full-length entertainment. The agreement includes the production of live sports and concerts, feature films, and TV series...

Quest Black Friday Sales Volume on Amazon May Have Fallen Short of 2023

Data from Amazon US suggests that Quest headsets didn't sell as well over Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2024 as compared to 2023. Based on data from Amazon US, in 2023 about 170,000 Quest headsets had sold in the 30...

Samsung Reportedly Set to Unveil Smart Glasses at Galaxy S25 Event in January

A recent report from South Korea's Yonhap News maintains Samsung is set to unveil a pair of XR glasses at its annual Unpacked product event, which is expected to take place sometime next month. Samsung promised back in July we'd...

Well-received Release of ‘Trombone Champ’ Bodes Well for Port-focused VR Studio

Flat2VR Studios, a recently-formed game studio focused on bringing existing flatscreen games to VR, has released its first game, Trombone Champ: Unflattened!. A positive early reception bodes well for both the studio's ability to deliver and its choice of which games...

Leaked VR Controllers From Valve Revive Hope for a Next-gen ‘Deckard’ VR Headset

Leaked 3D models hidden in a recent SteamVR update appear to show off a new VR motion controller, sparking renewed hope that Valve is gearing up to release its long-rumored 'Deckard' VR standalone headset. As reported by tech analyst and YouTuber Brad...

Varjo Launches ‘Teleport’ Service to Easily Scan Real Places and Bring Them into VR

Varjo, the high-end XR headset creator, today announced the release of a new smartphone-based 3D scanning service for enterprise that promises to let users quickly build photorealistic environments and explore them in both VR and on traditional screens. Called Teleport,...

New Mode in ‘Gorilla Tag’ & $2.6M Investment in ‘Digigods’ Cements UGC as Crucial Social VR...

One of VR's biggest hits, Gorilla Tag, is expanding a previously tested level creation mode and making it a permanent part of the game. The so-called 'Monke Blocks' allow friends to build together and then play inside of their shared...

Augmented World Expo Has Become the Must-go Event for the XR Industry

Augmented World Expo (AWE) isn't just one of the longest-running conferences focused on immersive tech, it’s also become the most important annual XR conference on our calendar. In the early days there were many industry conferences that had a significant...
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